The Wilmingtonian., 1887-07-30
Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of
knowledge and Language.

knowledge and Language.
One of the most extraordinary literary en-
terprises of the age is the work which bears
the above title.
The specimen pages which the publisher
sends free to any applicant show the type
which is uscd-d good clear-face Brewer; al
SO the form-Ideal for convenience, easy for
the eye, handy to hold. The volumes will
average about $40 pages each, aud there will
probably be about thirty of them--the man
fold" number will not be iuconvenient; when
you consult Cyclopedia you are suppose to
know what ''title" you are looking for; the
lettering on the back of each volume tells
you at a glance what titles will be found with
in, so you do not look in the wrong one-and
the volumes are so "haudy' you quickly turn
to the sought for-page.
There will be several thousand illustrations
no mere pictures" +" but everything of inn
pOrtance that will serve to illustrate.
The MANIFOLD CYcLorEDIA is to be much
more than Encyclopedia Of Universal Know
LEDGE" it will embody also a Dictionary of
the English Langu2 every word
which has any claim to place in the language.
How often you have consulted Appleton's
or Chambers's or Johnson's Cyclopedia and
fa;taJ 70 find tIa tiEia po,, ,,aro IooIrt,u r..
then consulted Webster's Unabi idged and
were successful; the word belonged to the
Dictionary rather than to the Cyclopedia.
Or you have consulted Webster, and found
little more than mere definition of the word
you must go to the Cyclopedia for details
acknowledge. Or more probable than either
of the foregoing suppositions, You do not own
either Glrst-class Cyclopedia or first-class
Dictionary, or only one of the two because
of there prohibitory cost so you consult
your imagination" and "go hungry" for lack
of the few lines of print that would satisfy
you! In the MANIFOLD CYcLoPEDIA you will
find a survey of all knowledge with is illus
trated by the English Langnage-and its
cost is Within your reach, only so centa vol
ume for cloth binding, So cents for half mo-
tocco!
In this age of the world, no general Cy-
clopedia or Dictionary can be in any proper
sense "original' each new compilation,
if it has merit, is based upon thu knowledge
found embodied in all its predecessors.
'Enowledge" as set forth in books can not
be monopolized by "patent" or copyright"
The latest discoveries Cor imagiHings) of
the scientists the latest "finds" Cor frauds)
of the arch@ologists, ths latest theories of
the political cconomists-all are subject to
the sight drafts of the latest Enoycloped-
list. ALDEN's MANfr'o1D c;seEof.nof1 uss-- s---
dertakers to combine in the most convenient
and concise (and yet full) and economical
form possible, the results of the scholarship
Of the world, up to the time Of its pubica-
ton. Awaiting itself most of the labors OF
its predecessors who have accomplished the
best results, the MANIFOLD CYcLoPEDIA,
draws more largely from Chambers than
from any other of the family of Cyc!opedias,
aud more largely from Stormonth than from
any other of the family of Dictionaries-the
Chambers is an acknowledge mode for
Cyclopedia but it is adapt d pal ticularly to
England rather to America; Stormonth is
the acknowledged peer of Webster, Worces-
ter, the Imperial, and Murray, as an author
ity, but without peer in the combined
qualities of conciseness, clearness, and ac-
curacy of learning. No authorities, how
ever, are budly followed, but effort is care
fully made to bring all matters to the gen
orally accepted standard of the most eminent
American, rather than foreign, scholarship.
Editorial talen second to none in Ameri-
ca in experience and skill is engaged in
the conduct of the work; the publishers
past experience in Cyclopeda making (no-
tably in The Library of Universal Know
lcdge, now knowu-trebled in price-ss tho
International Cyoopedia) is good basis for
the pledge he maks to his patrons that THE
MANIFOLD shall be inferior to no other Cy-
clopedia in any of the important qualities of
a popular guide to knowledge. Specimen
pages free, or a specimen volIme may be or
dered and returned if not wanted. John B.
Alden, Publisher, 393 Pearl Street, New
York,